I wonder how Weiner thought he was going to be able to slip out of town to use this love bunker. Wouldn't it make more sense to put it on Long Island or in the Bronx? And why Chicago? Is Chicago more romantic than I've been led to believe? I always thought of Chicago as a land of husky sausage lovers with mullets and odd accents. Who knew it was littered with sex bunkers? I wonder who else has sex bunkers in different cities?
Also, have you noticed what's going on on the left? Clinton and Hillary have a sham marriage so he can fool around. Obama is rumored to have kept his own place in DC... away from Mrs. O. Weiner fools around on his sham marriage. Spitzer was into hookers. Who could forget John Edwards fooling around, pulling a Gary Hart on his sham marriage. At least these guys didn't make unwanted sexual advances toward a fundraiser's daughter and then take pictures of themselves in a tiger costume like David Wu... rawr. Nor did they grope and tickle male staffers like Eric Massa. But something seems wrong with Democratic marriages. Are Democratic males simply incapable of commitment or are Democratic wives just unbearable? Maybe it's just that Democrats are unbearable?
For the record Ted Cruz announced today that he's not House trained. I'm not sure what to make of that except not to invite him to dinner.
ReplyDeleteThe present generation of Democrat sex fiends have no imagination. Where are today's version of the "waitress sandwich"?
ReplyDeleteI think political sex scandals are America's real Bread and Circuses.
ReplyDeleteThey serve to unite Americans. Think about it, a 2 weeks ago, everyon (especially on the right) is arguing about Immigration. Now we are joking about "Carlos Danger"!
ReplyDeleteYou are not aroused by my sausage?
ReplyDeleteText me, ladies, you won't regret it.
ReplyDeleteKit, They are basically entertainment... nothing more.
ReplyDeleteK, I know. No creativity at all. That's the worst part.
ReplyDeleteBTW, if anyone's interested, Amazon is selling "the James Bond collection" which is 22 of the 23 films on BluRay for $150. That works out to $6.80 each.
ReplyDeleteBond, James Bond
Excuse me, but no one beats MY sausage.
ReplyDeleteI beg to differ.
ReplyDeleteWeiner, Anthony Weiner...(tee-hee-hee...{{{snork}}})
ReplyDeleteHonest question: what is it that distinguishes a sausage from a wiener?
ReplyDeleteHey, that wasn't ME! Someone must 'of hacked my account! I would never make such comment! Really, someone should get right on this immediately...really.
ReplyDeleteBev, So what do you think? Shouldn't he have planned the sex bunker for the Bronx?
ReplyDeleteBTW, this is the woman he was texting with: Sydney Leathers.... which is SOoooo a porno name.
Honest answer...nationality. Weiners are Austrian, but weiner is a sausage.
ReplyDeleteGood to know
ReplyDeletetryanmax, Wieners are basically hot dogs. Sausages are anything in that class that don't otherwise have an official name -- like bratwurst or weiners.
ReplyDeleteHistorically speaking, wiener are of Austrian origin, which kind of makes sense since Vienna is actually "Wien" (Veen) in German. And Vienna weiner are like our hot dogs only longer and with more spice.
Thanks everyone.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, who in their right mind would have a sex bunker in the Bronx??? Queens maybe or maybe the lovely Staten Island. No one would suspect anyone of having a sex bunker on Staten Island...too many Republicans!
ReplyDeleteNot only does she have a porn name, but she kind of looks like something you find in some low rent porn movie. I have a feeling she's using this whole "situation" to do just that. How much do want to bet that does just that. "Weiner Girl" will be her ticket to stardom!!
Bev, Good point! Staten Island! Next to a church! LOL!
ReplyDeleteI concur about the Weiner Girl. She'll be in a porn before the month is out. Check out the massive tattoos on the back of her arms. Wow. Weiner Trash.
I was kind of wary of checking out a post labeled "Sex Bunker." But it worked out, so.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there's some kind of connection between Democrats' sex scandals and their emotion-based liberalism. It certainly seems like they put personal liberation first and devotion to others second; they do in their politics, so why not in their own lives?
By the way, I'm kind of disappointed that no one's sockpuppeted Carlos Danger yet. Get on the ball, people.
ReplyDeleteI love one of Weiners opponents who was bitching about Weiners nom de plume of Carlos Danger, and how it denigrates Hispanics and he should apologize for using it. Those NY'ers are pretty funny!
ReplyDeleteBev...What's really funny, is no one is even giving the Repub candidate a chance in this farce against such obviously "full retards!" Don't they know you should never go "full retard."
Patriot, the two Republican candidates don't need to weigh in. There are enough Dems to fill the "full retard" Greek chorus.
ReplyDeleteNo one sock-puppets the great Carlos Danger. No one.
ReplyDeleteIt is out of respect that we leave the name of Carlos Danger unsullied.
ReplyDeleteViva, Carlos Danger!
ReplyDeleteI don't always use an alias, but when I do, I go by Anthony Wiener.
ReplyDeleteBev, which NY Mayor candidate do you favor so far?
ReplyDeleteI feel like I should be part of this discussion too.
ReplyDeleteHuh? Wha?
ReplyDeleteDude???
ReplyDeleteMmmm...don't forget the beer.
ReplyDeleteIt's been sockpuppetarama around here! Nice work on the Most Interesting Man one! :)
ReplyDeleteT-Rav, Posts titled Sex Bunker are always a hit! LOL! ;P
ReplyDeleteCountdown to Catastrophe
ReplyDeleteJULY 27, 1914 (99 years ago today…) –Part 1 of 2
At 7:00 A.M. in Britain, First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill (age 39, also former Home Secretary), orders the British Home Fleet not to disperse following a test mobilization at Portland Harbor off Dorset (southeast English coast).
In Potsdam, Germany, Chancellor Bethmann meets Kaiser Wilhelm at Wildpark Train Station at the Kaiser’s request. The Kaiser’s first words are “how did this happen?” Over the last few days, Bethmann has been sending reports to the Kaiser, downplaying the situation by denying Russian military movements, and even going so far as to say that the Russians may be hesitating. (After yesterday's meeting, word got around the Wilhelmstrasse that Sazonov was 'losing his nerve.") Kasier Wilhelm has had all of this contradicted by intelligence from army and naval sources. He knows Bethman’s reports are either half-truths or lies, and tells him so. According to Count August Eulenberg, Bethmann “utterly cowed, admitted that all along he had been deceived (by Austria) and offered the kaiser his resignation.” But Germany’s All-High Warlord isn’t about to let Bethmann- or Foreign Minister Jagow- off that easily. He looks at Bethmann and says “you’ve cooked this broth and now you’re going to eat it.”
German leaders then meet in Potsdam. The Kaiser, Bethmann, Jagow, Moltke, and Admiral Georg Alexander von Muller, Chief of the Naval Cabinet (substituting for Tirpitz) attend. At this point, Bethmann truly messes up. He tells everyone that there is word that Serbia will accept Austria’s entire ultimatum. (He’s basing this on the earlier rumor before the Serbian response was given to Giesl. Bethmann, does, in fact, have a copy of the response. He just hasn’t bothered to read it.) He also reports good news from Russia, based on Portales and Szapary’s good meetings with Sazonov yesterday. He again claims that Russia is hesitant, and that England clearly wants to remain neutral. Based on this, optimism is high. Moltke even writes to his wife, “I have the impression that it will all blow over.” German leaders adopt a ‘wait and see’ approach.
Lost in all of this are reports that are currently being received and decoded. They include Russian troop movements around Warsaw, notes from Ambassador Tschirschky that Austria is about to declare war on Serbia, and the latest on the British Fleet. (The last one came from a naval attaché.) None of these reports will be read until tomorrow. In fact, Kaiser Wilhelm won’t see the actual Serbian response until tomorrow- because instead of wiring it, Bethmann has had it sent to the Neues Palais by private courier.
In Vienna, the Austro-Hungarian Council of Ministers meets and votes to declare war tomorrow. This is mainly a formality, and even General Conrad sees little value in such a mechanical, purely bureaucratical step. Berchtold and Conrad then take the declaration to Emperor Franz Joseph for his required approval. Berchtold tells him of the skirmish at the Hungarian fort and then lies about more Serbian attacks taking place. The emperor reluctantly signs the declaration. It’s said he trembled so badly he could barely put on his glasses.
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ReplyDeleteJULY 27, 1914 (99 years ago today…) –Part 2 of 2
In Great Britain, Foreign Minister Grey returns from his fly-fishing and reads a copy of the Serbian reply. He is deeply impressed at Serbia’s apparent desire to work with Austria. He then tells Ambassador Lichnowsky that he is growing tired of Berlin’s inability to restrain Austria, even going so far as to say that Berlin alone will- in his eyes- be held accountable for deciding between “peace and war.” (Interesting statement, considering Berlin approved of Grey’s first Four Power peace proposal, while quasi-allies France and Russia tossed it out. Grey is clearly letting them off the hook.) Grey also denies any military movements by Russia. (Whether he’s blindly accepting Russian explanations- like Ambassador Buchanan- covering for Russia, or just willfully blind remains undetermined.) This comes as the Times of London runs the first headline to acknowledge the crisis: PEACE IN THE BALANCE.
German leaders in Berlin then reject Grey’s newest proposal (originally given to Lichnowsky by Nicolson). They believe that having France and Italy as negotiators- along with Britain- would tip the negotiations against Austria and allow Serbia to get away with everything. However, Bethmann (whose own foreign policy has been based around German rapprochement with Great Britain), still wants the British to think Germany will accept a role as mediator. However, he can’t tell Austria to call off its war declaration. (Germany may lose an ally.) And he can’t, at this point, directly tell Austria to declare war right away. (It may lead to final alienation with England.) Instead, he sends Grey’s latest plan to Vienna for consideration, despite Germany having already rejected it. In sending it, Jagow basically tells the Austrians (through Ambassador Szogyeny) to reject it and admits that it’s all for show.
Following information on Russian military activities, (from obvious insider sources), France begins its own, minor military preparations. Railroad security is instituted, diplomatic decoding is drastically increased, and colonial troops begin to return to France from French Morocco. France, it should be noted, enthusiastically accepted Grey’s latest mediation proposal.
After nightfall, Churchill, ever the war hawk, takes his preparations a step further. He writes to British naval commanders, telling them that war is “by no means impossible. Be prepared to shadow hostile men of war and consider dispositions of H.M. ships under your command from this point of view. Measure is purely precautionary. No unnecessary person is to be informed. The utmost secrecy is to be observed.” Since this is unauthorized, Churchill’s latest move is technically an act of insubordination. Historians, however, believe that Churchill’s actions show he is the only man in the British government who understands how dangerous the situation has become.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned San Diego mayor Bob Filner. That guy is profoundly messed up but refuses to resign.
ReplyDeleteI was too lazy to look up his name, if I'm being truthful. :(
ReplyDeleteAndrew - there are so many political sex scandals to keep up with these days, it's not "laziness". It's too time consuming like counting grains of sand in a bucket.
ReplyDeleteWeinrr's campaign manager has quit. Despite Sanford's recent success hopefully sex scandals will remain the sort of thing politicians try to avoid.
ReplyDeleteArticle on DeMint's poor handling of the Gay Marriage argument: LINK
ReplyDeleteAnthony - Mark Sanford's affair is actually kind of pedestrian which is why he could be forgiven when weighed against his opponent. He had an affair, he got caught, his wife divorced him and he moved on. No forgiving chump of a wife there. She refused to stand next to him and look like a sap which made him look all the more contrite.
ReplyDeleteMatt Lewis asks if DeMint and Cruz are heroes of Conservatism or simply all-talk and no action?
ReplyDeleteLINK
Bev,
ReplyDeleteIn fairness, Sanford left his wife no choice but to leave him. Sanford was running around calling his new mistress his soul mate and talking about how he'd had affairs in the past nobody knew about but they (like his marriage) were loveless, so they didn't matter.
Bev, Sadly, in this case it was laziness. I knew I should have mentioned the San Diego guy, but I didn't feel like looking up his name. I'm a baaaaad blogger. :(
ReplyDeleteKit, I'm a fan of DeMint, but he has really blown Heritage's credibility in his short term already. They are no longer a respected conservative think tank, but instead they're just like Breitbart or Daily Caller only with an official building.
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ReplyDeleteJULY 28, 1914 (99 years ago today…) -Part 1 of 3
After his daily morning ride in Potsdam, Kaiser Wilhelm II finally reads the Serbian response to Austria’s note. He thoroughly embraces it, calling Serbia’s conciliatory, yet firm, response “a great moral victory for Vienna!...and with it, all reason for war is gone.” He also scribbles, “I should never have ordered mobilization.” (That is, ordering the German High Seas Fleet to return to its main port in Kiel.) The Kaiser now believes that the window for a war-based victory for Austria has passed, but that Austria can still come out on top diplomatically.
He then writes his own note, finished and sent off to Berlin around 10:00 A.M., proposing talks based on the Serbian response, emphasizing that reservations in the response can be overcome by negotiations. However, he adds that “the Serbs are Orientals, therefore liars, deceitful, and master hands at temporizing.” So, to make sure negotiations are hammered out and met, (and to save Austrian honor), he borrows a maneuver from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71: that Vienna should temporarily occupy Belgrade while negotiations take place. This becomes known as the “Halt-in-Belgrade” plan.
11:10 A.M. In Vienna, Berchtold, armed with final authorization from the emperor and worried that the combination of proposed peace talks and lengthy Austrian mobilization will only undermine his country's position, decides to go ahead with an action that will effectively render all peace prospects moot. He asks the government (really just another formality) to declare war.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA. THE GREAT WAR (WORLD WAR I) IS NOW OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY.
In Serbia, officials receive two telegrams from Vienna (both re-routed through Romania). Both announce the declaration of war. Prime Minister Pasic receives the first one while having lunch at a hotel in Nish. He declares, “our cause is just. God will help us.” The second telegram- sent in case the first one failed to get through- confuses Pasic and makes him think it’s all a hoax. The declaration is, however, quickly confirmed. (This is also the first time in history that telegrams are used to declare war.)
3:00 P.M. In St. Petersburg, Foreign Minister Sazonov meets with British Ambassador Buchanan. (Neither of them know about Austria’s war declaration on Serbia yet.) Sazonov assures Buchanan that Russia will take no military measures (mobilization) until Austria crosses Serbia’s border. Buchanan knows nothing about the pre-mobilization efforts (nor does he seem to care to investigate). Again Sazonov asks Buchanan for Britain to commit itself to Russia, and again he is refused. Amazingly, Buchanan asks French Ambassador Paleologue to make sure Russia doesn’t do anything that would militarily provoke Germany (which is already happening) because the English will only support a war if Germany looks like the aggressor.
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ReplyDeleteJULY 28, 1914 (99 years ago today…) -Part 2 of 3
4:00 P.M. News of the declaration of war reaches Chorister’s Bridge. An angered Sazonov now admits the pre-mobilization efforts- but only to his ambassadors. He tells Buchanan and Ambassador Benckendorff in London nothing; he wants to keep the British in the dark as much as possible for now.
After all, Great Britain is now deeply distracted by the growing crisis involving possible Home Rule in Ireland. (Two days earlier, British troops had fired into a stone-throwing crowd in Dublin while a shipment of newly-arrived of Mauser rifles was being investigated.) Many fear that civil war is about to break out. Foreign Minister Grey is well behind in the events on the continent, not knowing that war has broken out between Austria and Serbia; or that Russia is already preparing for war. (Most historians place the blame equally on Grey’s indifference and the laziness of his ambassadors.)
5:00 P.M. Churchill orders the British Fleet to head to its war quarters at Scapa Flow, in northern Scotland. Again, he ignores the Cabinet, but does get permission for his action from British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith.
France is also distracted, though seemingly aware of what’s going on in Russia. Today, the talk of Paris is the end of Madame Caillaux’s murder trail. Her lawyers have been making a case for temporary insanity, and tell the jury to “save your anger for the enemy outside…war is at the gates…acquit Madame Caillaux.” After she’s found ‘not guilty,’ supporters and opponents take to the Parisian streets.
That night, France’s Army Chief of Staff, General Joseph “Papa” Joffre and War Minister Adolphe Messimy order Ambassador Paleologue to pledge full French support to Russia.
In Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm loses his temper after hearing about Austria’s declaration of war. He growls at Bethmann, “you have got me into a fine mess.” He now orders Bethmann to pressure Vienna to accept both his Halt-in-Belgrade plan, and to negotiate directly with Russia. Bethmann is also weary of Germany’s ally. Compounding his problems are reports from London. For days, Ambassador Lichnowsky has been telling Grey that Austria doesn’t want any Serbian territory. However, Austria’s ambassador to Great Britain, Count Albert Mensdorff, has been telling Lichnowsky that Serbia will be “flattened” and then “carved up,” with most territory going to other Balkan states. (Berchtold also had a long-delayed meeting with the Russian ambassador this afternoon. After it ended, Berchtold felt he made it clear he would negotiate with Russia. Ambassador Shebeko, however, got the impression that Berchtold would negotiate with no one.) “The ambiguity on the part of Austria,” Bethmann complains, “is intolerable.”
Finally, Bethmann passes the Kaiser’s Halt-in-Belgrade plan on to Vienna. However, he tweaks it a little. Instead of negotiations, the note now says that Serbia will be required to fully comply with Austria’s original demands. It’s now certain to be rejected by the Russians. Copies sent to the other Great Powers also carry Bethmann’s nearly unbelievable memo that Austria’s war declaration “changes matters not at all.”
In St. Petersburg, having met with friendly ambassadors, Sazonov asks Czar Nicholas II to authorize General Yanushkevitch to draw up final plans for partial and full mobilization. The Czar is a little surprised that Sazonov isn’t there to discuss his proposal to mediate the situation at the Hague Tribunal. Still, the czar signs, believing nothing will start until he authorizes it. Sazonov, however, has already started military preparations. (Based on surviving records from that day, it seems that Sazonov and Yanuschkevitch believed a general war was coming and that no ‘partial’ plan was seriously considered.)
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ReplyDeleteJULY 28, 1914 (99 years ago today…) -Part 3 of 3
In the evening, Kaiser Wilhelm (with a little help form an adviser) writes a telegram to his cousin, Czar Nicholas, whom he calls "Nicky." In it, he says that he is using all of his influence to get Austria to negotiate directly with Russia. He signs it “your very sincere and devoted friend and cousin, Willy.” At almost the same time, Nicholas writes a similar telegram, using the same nicknames. He worries that the situation will soon force his hand and that war is now a dangerous possibility. “To try to avoid such a calamity as a European war, I beg you in the name of our old friendship to do what you can to stop your allies from going too far.” The two will exchange several more telegrams- in English, the language they use when talking to each other- over the next few days. (Today, they’re known as the “Willy-Nicky Telegrams.”)
In the United States, the ‘New York Times’ reports, “a general European war is unthinkable…Europe can’t afford such a war, and the world can’t afford it, and happily the conviction is growing that such an appalling conflict is altogether beyond the realm of possibility.”
Close to midnight, Austrian gunboats on the Sava River open fire on Serbian positions near Belgrade.
THE FIRST SHOTS OF WORLD WAR I HAVE BEEN FIRED.
Finally the shooting starts! We'll settle this now... in an out, a couple weeks, very easy.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, how very 19th century of you! Seriously...if only all the diplomacy were that easy. (The fighting must have been simple by comparison.)
ReplyDeletePshaw, Rustbelt... we shall sweep them into the Channel in days. ;P
ReplyDeleteBut what if the enemy happen to be very good swimmers?! What then?!
ReplyDeleteMy dear Rustbelt. You worry too much. I assure you, this "war" will be over in days.
ReplyDeleteCommander Andrew, can we be certain of this? My spies report growing artillery concentrations near the Channel right where we're supposed to push the enemy. We'll be blown to pieces!
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